Re: Corona bottles @ .001 mfd

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Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Personally I'd just start with a few and keep adding bottles till the spark 
hits max length. Easiest way that i know of w/o using an lcr meter.

Mike
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Subject: Corona bottles @ .001 mfd


> Original poster: Davetracer@xxxxxxx
>
>     I am sorry to have to re-ask, I thought I saved the answer, but I 
> can't find it!
>
>     Right now I'm running the tinfoil-on-glass/plastic capacitors. The 
> coil definitely needs more capacitance. The calculators, based on the 
> windings and so forth, indicate the coil wants to be ringing at about 400 
> khz, but the 'scope indicates that the (radiated) energy is at about 750 khz.
>
>     I wanted to ask again how many Corona bottles people have used in 
> water-based capacitors to approach .001 mfd, which is what this coil 
> wants. I can tune it in from there.
>
>     Thank you,
>
>     Dave Small
>
> p.s. No call-back from the Red Rocks people yet.